Stuff ... or things? (962 hits)
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Submitted by UnderFosterMeal (View user info) at 2006-11-06 09:39:05 EST
Is it better or more preferrable to say, "Go get your stuff and meet me back here in 10 minutes," or perhaps to say, "Go get your things and meet me back here in 10 minutes"?
A knee-jerk reaction to having had your belongings taken from you without your permission might be: "WTF!! Some fucker stole my stuff!" versus "WTF!! Some fucker took my things!".
It's the Stuff vs. Things debate and personally, I'm torn.
Don't get me wrong ... there are plusses to each:
1. Stuff is shorter a word than Things.
2. Stuff is alphabetically prior to Things.
3. Stuff can double as a verb, and then as an adjective with the addition of a lone 'y'.
but ...
1. Things can be made singular, whereas Stuff cannot.
2. Things doesn't have negative connotations like Stuff (i.e. 'stuff oozing out' or 'that stuff is gross')
3. Things is generally higher on the eloquence scale; it simply sounds more proper to say "There are a few things I need to get done," versus "There's some stuff I need to get done".
So what say you, Ubersite? There can be only one.
Stuff?
... or things?
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-11-18 13:42:59 EST (#)
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Fucking loser with a capital "L".
Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2008-11-18 13:07:19 EST (#)
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I vote things.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-11-06 21:56:28 EST (#)
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who are you?
Submitted by HotWillie (user info) at 2006-11-06 17:36:52 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2006-11-06 16:56:02 EST (#)
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No
Submitted by livEvil (user info) at 2006-11-06 16:52:29 EST (#)
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You need to take this thing and stuff it up your ass.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-11-06 15:43:06 EST (#)
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Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:37:10 (#)
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Careful, HBtS, Bret is tough. Why I heard he once tried to "crumple" Shlongy! He wants to kick Method's ass. He's the toughest muthafucka low down round this town! Careful.
BRET SMASH!
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Bret, CRUMPLE HIM WITH YOUR BEEFY BICEPS!
Submitted by zfx84 (user info) at 2006-11-06 15:30:48 EST (#)
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-2 for the formatting alone.
Submitted by extacy_red (user info) at 2006-11-06 15:26:02 EST (#)
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Don't bother.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2006-11-06 14:23:09 EST (#)
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I prefer the stuffings.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-11-06 14:20:51 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2006-11-06 14:06:23 EST (#)
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How come your shit is always "stuff" and other peoples' stuff is always "shit". - George Carlin.
Been done, and better.
Submitted by ubetidid (user info) at 2006-11-06 12:44:31 EST (#)
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i prefer "shit"
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2006-11-06 12:21:56 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 11:59:38 EST (#)
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Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:52:27 (#)
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why?
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You must be a Stuff advocate.
I can sense your kind a mile away.
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 11:38:33 EST (#)
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Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:37:10 (#)
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BRET SMASH!
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This is by far the funniest thing you've ever contributed, Foolproof (and that says a WHOLE hell of a lot contributing the incessant shit you ooze).
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:52:27 EST (#)
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why?
Submitted by ScarfaceMN (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:49:16 EST (#)
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A timeless argument... and effortless.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:41:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:37:10 (#)
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Careful, HBtS, Bret is tough. Why I heard he once tried to "crumple" Shlongy! He wants to kick Method's ass. He's the toughest muthafucka low down round this town! Careful.
BRET SMASH!
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So I hear. Fortunate then that I am a scrawny bloke who ate nothing but white bread as a child and spent his teenage years taking far too many drugs. All this has left me with a healthy disregard for personal safety, I'm sure I could take that piece of overweight shit with an ashtray and a pool cue.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:38:51 EST (#)
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Go fuck yourself.
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:37:10 EST (#)
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Careful, HBtS, Bret is tough. Why I heard he once tried to "crumple" Shlongy! He wants to kick Method's ass. He's the toughest muthafucka low down round this town! Careful.
BRET SMASH!
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:33:47 EST (#)
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Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:31:20 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:27:48 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:26:43 (#)
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Little bitch-made faggot below.
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Am I the only one who doesn't get what this is supposed to mean?
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means his mums a bitch and he's a fag
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Witty.
Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:31:20 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:27:48 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:26:43 (#)
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Little bitch-made faggot below.
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Am I the only one who doesn't get what this is supposed to mean?
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means his mums a bitch and he's a fag
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:28:02 EST (#)
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oops! heh. that was meant for foolproof, simon. Just FYI.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:27:48 EST (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:26:43 (#)
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Little bitch-made faggot below.
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Am I the only one who doesn't get what this is supposed to mean?
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:26:43 EST (#)
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Little bitch-made faggot below.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:26:29 EST (#)
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How did I get dragged into this? I hope everyone falls on pungee sticks that have been laced with leprocy, hotckins disease, and patella fluid.
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:23:47 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:23:17 EST (#)
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Oh yeah, what are 'off-brand' insults? Ones i nicked from Jo Brand?
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:21:22 EST (#)
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Dude, you're such a little pissant.
What do you really contribute to this site aside from lame, off-brand insults and pithy little accusations?
Nothing.
Get over yourself assface.
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OOOHHHHH NOOOOO I'M A PISSANT!!!! JJEEESSSUUUSS!!!! Whatever shall I do?
I don't pretend to 'contribute' anything to this site, it's just a good crack.
In any case, it's better than what you contribute, which is childish insults, terrible posts and attention seeking bollocks. Your mother really didn't love you, did she?
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:20:45 EST (#)
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Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:18:08 (#)
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im with Amontillado its definitely crap
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Stuff - 1
Things - 1
Crap - 2
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:19:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:16:25 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:13:08 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:10:38 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:08:55 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:28 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:00 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:05:44 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:01:08 (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:59:51 (#)
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I prefer crap, personally.
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WHOAH!! From left field!!
Nice. I hadn't thought to even consider crap. Good call.
Stuff - 1
Things - 1
Crap - 1
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Seriously, do you ever leave your parents' basement?
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Only when I go fuck your mother, dumbass.
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She's dead you sick piece of necro shit.
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That answers my question of why her crotch smells of fertilizer.
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Unluckily for you she died after being raped with an anthrax covered pole. Hope you enjoy holding your festering cock as you jack off to little boys!
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You embarass yourself with this comment, Mr. Unoriginal.
Leave the 'jacking off to little boys' comments for Sicosemen, because at least in his case it's true.
OH SNAP
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And sleeping with the dead IS original? What did you do, watch 'Peeping Tom' too many times as a kid or some shit? Seriously, who even says shit like 'Mr. Unoriginal' past the age of, um, 12?
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Dude, you're such a little pissant.
What do you really contribute to this site aside from lame, off-brand insults and pithy little accusations?
Nothing.
Get over yourself assface.
Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:18:08 EST (#)
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im with Amontillado its definitely crap
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:16:25 EST (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:13:08 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:10:38 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:08:55 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:28 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:00 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:05:44 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:01:08 (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:59:51 (#)
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I prefer crap, personally.
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WHOAH!! From left field!!
Nice. I hadn't thought to even consider crap. Good call.
Stuff - 1
Things - 1
Crap - 1
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Seriously, do you ever leave your parents' basement?
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Only when I go fuck your mother, dumbass.
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She's dead you sick piece of necro shit.
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That answers my question of why her crotch smells of fertilizer.
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Unluckily for you she died after being raped with an anthrax covered pole. Hope you enjoy holding your festering cock as you jack off to little boys!
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You embarass yourself with this comment, Mr. Unoriginal.
Leave the 'jacking off to little boys' comments for Sicosemen, because at least in his case it's true.
OH SNAP
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And sleeping with the dead IS original? What did you do, watch 'Peeping Tom' too many times as a kid or some shit? Seriously, who even says shit like 'Mr. Unoriginal' past the age of, um, 12?
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:13:08 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:10:38 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:08:55 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:28 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:00 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:05:44 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:01:08 (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:59:51 (#)
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I prefer crap, personally.
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WHOAH!! From left field!!
Nice. I hadn't thought to even consider crap. Good call.
Stuff - 1
Things - 1
Crap - 1
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Seriously, do you ever leave your parents' basement?
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Only when I go fuck your mother, dumbass.
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She's dead you sick piece of necro shit.
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That answers my question of why her crotch smells of fertilizer.
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Unluckily for you she died after being raped with an anthrax covered pole. Hope you enjoy holding your festering cock as you jack off to little boys!
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You embarass yourself with this comment, Mr. Unoriginal.
Leave the 'jacking off to little boys' comments for Sicosemen, because at least in his case it's true.
OH SNAP
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:10:38 EST (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:08:55 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:28 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:00 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:05:44 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:01:08 (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:59:51 (#)
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I prefer crap, personally.
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WHOAH!! From left field!!
Nice. I hadn't thought to even consider crap. Good call.
Stuff - 1
Things - 1
Crap - 1
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Seriously, do you ever leave your parents' basement?
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Only when I go fuck your mother, dumbass.
==============================================
She's dead you sick piece of necro shit.
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That answers my question of why her crotch smells of fertilizer.
=======================================
Unluckily for you she died after being raped with an anthrax covered pole. Hope you enjoy holding your festering cock as you jack off to little boys!
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:08:55 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:28 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:00 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:05:44 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:01:08 (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:59:51 (#)
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I prefer crap, personally.
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WHOAH!! From left field!!
Nice. I hadn't thought to even consider crap. Good call.
Stuff - 1
Things - 1
Crap - 1
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Seriously, do you ever leave your parents' basement?
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Only when I go fuck your mother, dumbass.
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She's dead you sick piece of necro shit.
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That answers my question of why her crotch smells of fertilizer.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:08:37 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Ooops.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:28 EST (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:00 (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:05:44 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:01:08 (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:59:51 (#)
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I prefer crap, personally.
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WHOAH!! From left field!!
Nice. I hadn't thought to even consider crap. Good call.
Stuff - 1
Things - 1
Crap - 1
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Seriously, do you ever leave your parents' basement?
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Only when I go fuck your mother, dumbass.
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She's dead you sick piece of necro shit.
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:07:00 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:05:44 (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:01:08 (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:59:51 (#)
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I prefer crap, personally.
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WHOAH!! From left field!!
Nice. I hadn't thought to even consider crap. Good call.
Stuff - 1
Things - 1
Crap - 1
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Seriously, do you ever leave your parents' basement?
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Only when I go fuck your mother, dumbass.
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:06:16 EST (#)
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Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:02:03 (#)
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so hsimah and hugafriend are your new alters?
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Hey there Axocockl.
Would you mind please reminding me why you're such a dipshit? Or maybe, just give me a clue. I'm sure I'll remember.
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:06:13 EST (#)
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WHY DON'T YOU TAKE SOME THINGS AND STUFF THEM UP YOUR GINER RINGER?
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:05:44 EST (#)
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Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:01:08 (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:59:51 (#)
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I prefer crap, personally.
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WHOAH!! From left field!!
Nice. I hadn't thought to even consider crap. Good call.
Stuff - 1
Things - 1
Crap - 1
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Seriously, do you ever leave your parents' basement?
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:02:03 EST (#)
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so hsimah and hugafriend are your new alters?
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 10:01:08 EST (#)
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Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:59:51 (#)
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I prefer crap, personally.
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WHOAH!! From left field!!
Nice. I hadn't thought to even consider crap. Good call.
Stuff - 1
Things - 1
Crap - 1
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:59:51 EST (#)
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I prefer crap, personally.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:57:46 EST (#)
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Why in the fuck would anyone care?
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:54:06 EST (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:47:00 (#)
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I see your point, but this post lacked effort.
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If I had a dime for every time I read THAT line ...
</self-deprecation>
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:52:08 EST (#)
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Submitted by drgoatcabin (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:47:46 (#)
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Submitted by hugafriend (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:43:53 (#)
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i'm partial to stuff. i like to have all my stuff in one place, but my things can be all over the place.
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I'm just the opposite. I have stuff everywhere. But my things are put away nicely. This could be a timely arguement we have on our hands. High five.
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Hmmm ... compelling. The current score is Stuff - 1, Things - 1.
I'm rooting for Things, myself.
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:50:19 EST (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:45:12 (#)
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i did not read this
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Of course you didn't!
THAT'S because you're an elitist fuckwad whose ass I'd kick with approximately 10% of the effort I expend in stapling something.
Get off my post, faggot.
Submitted by drgoatcabin (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:47:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by hugafriend (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:43:53 (#)
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i'm partial to stuff. i like to have all my stuff in one place, but my things can be all over the place.
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I'm just the opposite. I have stuff everywhere. But my things are put away nicely. This could be a timely arguement we have on our hands. High five.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:47:00 EST (#)
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I see your point, but this post lacked effort. Besides, bret, I hate the "discuss" style posts. Stuff seems to be more encompassing, to answer your question, whereas thing(s) is more of personal useage.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:46:34 EST (#)
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now i read it
and i stand by my previous rating
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:45:12 EST (#)
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i did not read this
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:44:41 EST (#)
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VERY interesting. Good argument.
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Submitted by hugafriend (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:43:53 EST (#)
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i'm partial to stuff. i like to have all my stuff in one place, but my things can be all over the place.
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:43:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by hsimah (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:40:44 (#)
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Things. Things is cooler than Stuffs.
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But why!?
Stuff is just so great ...
Submitted by hsimah (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:40:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Things. Things is cooler than Stuffs.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-11-06 09:39:47 EST (#)
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Great post